Export product diversification index in South Africa
South Africa: Export product diversification index was 0.5993 in 2011. ▲ Rising
Export product diversification index in South Africa, 1995–2011
Source: UNCTAD Statistical Office, also reported in the UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics, various issues (http://unctadstat.unctad.org/).
Analysis
South Africa recorded 0.5993 for export product diversification index in 2011. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.7% on the previous year and up 8.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, export product diversification index in South Africa peaked at 0.5993 in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0.377, in 1997.
That places South Africa 51st out of 53 countries with data for 2011, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.4021 | 0.377 | 0.4433 | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.571 | 0.5428 | 0.5973 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5944 | 0.5895 | 0.5993 | 2 |
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More trade data for South Africa
- Net long-term borrowing 54.46 million BoP, current US$ (2011)
- Pesticides imports 335.54 million FAO, current US$ (2011)
- Lead time to export, median case 3 days (2016)
- Food imports excluding fish 3.15 billion FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Total agricultural imports 4.94 billion FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal imports 727.29 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal imports quantity 2.11 million FAO, tonnes (2010)
- Total agricultural exports 6.12 billion FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal exports 367.06 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal exports quantity 1.38 million FAO, tonnes (2010)
Frequently asked questions
- What is export product diversification index in South Africa?
- Export product diversification index in South Africa was 0.5993 in 2011, according to UNCTAD Statistical Office, also reported in the UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics, various issues (http://unctadstat.unctad.org/).
- What is the highest export product diversification index recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5993 in 2011.
- What is the lowest export product diversification index recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.377 in 1997.
- How does South Africa rank for export product diversification index?
- South Africa ranks 51st out of 53 countries with data for 2011.
- Is export product diversification index rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South Africa data come from?
- The figures come from UNCTAD Statistical Office, also reported in the UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics, various issues (http://unctadstat.unctad.org/), published as part of Export product diversification index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The diversification index signals whether the structure of exports by product of a given country or group of countries differ from the structure of product of the world. Diversification index is computed by measuring absolute deviation of the country share from world structure. Diversification index that ranges from 0 to 1 reveals the extent of the differences between the structure of trade of the country or country group and the world average. The index value closer to 1 indicates a bigger difference from the world average. It is constructed as the inverse of a Herfindahl index, using disaggregated exports at 4 digits (following the STIC3).